What's a "Blue dog Democrat"?

[Joe the Liberal]

I don't get it, what is a "blue dog Democrat"? where did that come from? what does that mean?

[Dragonfli]

1. Republocrat nt

[Snotcicles]

44. The rectum, of the body politic.nt

[LeftyMom]

2. Before the world went crazy, we called them Moderate Republicans.

[dflprincess]

I once defined Blue Dogs as being what used to be called

Rockefeller Republicans. It was pointed out to me that Nelson Rockefeller was probably more liberal than the Blue Dogs.

[SharonAnn]

9. Yes, Moderate Republicans were usually socially very liberal.

[dflprincess]

13. By the end of his life, Barry Goldwater was more liberal than the Blue Dogs. (eom)

[hendo]

16. Barry was a true small government conservative

conservatives now aren't what they used to be. neo-cons are an odd bastardization of the conservative ideology.

[Jackpine Radical]

47. Goldwater was never a religious goofball.

I think he had integrity.

I disagreed with most of what he stood for, especially his hard-line militarism ("Drop It!" in reference to nuclear weapons in VN) and his economic libertarianism, but he also has some social libertarian streaks I agreed with, and I thought he was an honest person.

[alfredo]

43. He didn't change, the party changed.

[northofdenali]

18. Exactly. Social liberal

fiscal conservative.

There's sometimes a bit of a dichotomy there - being socially liberal means spending (tax) money on people who don't "deserve" it; so the fiscal conservative becomes schizophrenic trying to work out the details....... :P

[Jackpine Radical]

48. That's often the formula for a libertarian.

[PassingFair]

3. Here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition

[VPStoltz]

25. Indeed. The Blue Dogs both on and off the canvas are annoying.

[PassingFair]

40. They gang up with the "New Dems" (Corporate Whores)

...to quash progressive legislation.

The Progressive Caucus is the largest,
but they are outnumbered on the most
important business by the
coalition
of the Blue Dogs and New Dems.

:puke:

[Bonn1997]

35. I thought Bobby Bright (my Congressman) was in that group

I'm surprised he wasn't listed at the end

[mitchum]

4. Because some people are uncomfortable saying "motherfucking collaborator"

obviously, I am not

[Joe the Liberal]

5. Oh I see.......

So they are DINO's basically.

[tsuki]

10. No, they are to the right of DINO's.

[Lost4words]

6. well its alot like a cat box nt

[camera obscura]

7. Democrats who are fiscal conservatives, anti-gay, anti-choice, etc

[jwirr]

8. Dixiecrats or are they different?

[SharonAnn]

12. They are a lot like Dixiecrats. But some aren't racist.

[Historic NY]

11. Blue Dogs are just not house broken yet.

[Idealism]

14. Posers and accomplices n/t

[Enrique]

15. here

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=blue+dog+democrat

;-)

[question everything]

27. How do you do that??

[Earth Bound Misfit]

32. Go to this link

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/

Now go play....:bounce:

[Earth Bound Misfit]

30. That is So Cool...

Please teach us how, Oh wise one!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

31. Never mind, I got it.

[ChiciB1]

17. Hey, There Once Were "Yellow Dog Democrats" Too! Anyone Care To Define Them

in today's terms?? Also, you might want to look into when Repukes became defined by the color Red, and the Democrats became Blue.

As a Boomer, I don't recall any of this stuff... only the "yellow dogs!"

And we could go further... DLC, DINO, Progressive, and something I relate... A LIBERAL, before Ronnie Ray-Guns made LIBERAL a dirty word. It's late, been a long day and I'm a bit ditzy, just thought I would chime in.

[Uzybone]

23. Yellow dogs are better than blue dogs

yellow dogs toe the party line. Blue dogs toe the GOP line.

[FLyellowdog]

29. My daddy always said he'd vote for a yellow dog...

before he'd vote for a republican. I'm guessing that's what the old democrats used to adhere to. He was born in 1908 and lived through a lot politics in his day. I miss him but glad he raised me to be a good yellow dog democrat.

[ChiciB1]

42. Given That You Live In Florida... You Must Remember When This State

was essentially "Yellow-Dog Democrat." I moved here in 1972 after I graduated from school, my husband was born in Tampa. If memory serves me right, Reuben Askew was Governor then, I could be wrong... I was young then.

I watched as time marched on to what this state has become today and UNFORTUNATELY live in probably the REDDEST County in the state or a very close 2nd! Sarasota, home of "Cruella" and many others! Also THE county that just re-elected the Supervisor of Elections that kinda/sorta lost 18,500 votes in 2006. And that wasn't the ONLY election that raised many questions. Even the election of Obama has been a source on wonder. It was said he won this county and we DID have a SURPRISING turn-out for him when he visited the city, plus a fantastic walk across the Ringling bridge that turned out almost 5,000 people. However, as the returns came in the figures noted he "won" the county, but in the end... so they configured, he actually "lost" by something like 112 votes!

Go figure!! This isn't a place for a Liberal like me, but I'm stuck here! We worked so hard to get her opponent elected and it looked good for a while, however she ended up winning by 65 plus percent. I DON'T believe she won by that much, but we've been fighting with this witch for too many years... she has tentacles that reach far and wide!!

[FLyellowdog]

45. I, too, feel like Florida is no place for liberals...

but I'm stuck as well in NE FL. At least we can be proud of the work we did in turning our state blue again. Hope it sticks.:hi:

[Skink]

19. Blue dogs like to lick balls.....

The harder we are the better.

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. But while most dogs are content just to lick their own balls

Blue dogs will go out of their way to lick an elephant's balls first.

[Political Heretic]

21. A Fucking asshole.

[Individualist]

22. A blue dog Democrat is a republican with a D after his name instead of an R

[liskddksil]

24. Looking for jobs in 2010 we we primary them out of Congress!

[AndyTiedye]

26. "Blue Dogs" are So-Called Democrats Who Vote with the Repigs Every Time

I think some of them are being blackmailed by the Repiglickins.

We don't really have a majority in the Senate because of the "Blue Dogs".

[Jack_DeLeon]

28. Me...

:hi:

I like guns,limited federal government, the death penalty, pro-choice, anti-war on drugs, and lesbians. B-)

[JVS]

33. worthless

[Undercurrent]

34. To bad Blue Dog Democrats aren't cute

like regular Blue Dogs.

If it weren't for the old Texas Yellow Dog Dems ("I'd vote for a yellow dog if he was a Democrat"), Blue Dogs wouldn't be called Blue Dogs at all. They'd be called what they are. Skunks, or maybe rats.

[aikoaiko]

36. If it weren't for my Blue Dog Dem., we'd have worse in my District.

I can see why party purists are unhappy with them, but politics is more complicated than party doctrine.

I consider Blue Dogs just left of center.

[mmonk]

37. A Republican

[tekisui]

38. Look at Heath Shuler's voting record.

His only value was getting rid of chalie taylor and helping attain a Dem majority.

On almost all of the important bills, he votes with the repukes.

[stray cat]

39. Any democrat you disagree with because they are more conservative on an issue

at least on DU

[PassingFair]

41. They CALL THEMSELVES the "Blue Dogs", they are an ACTUAL caucus.

Sorry if you don't like the truth.

[Tesha]

46. A Republican. (NT)